Salisbury East Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Salisbury East (5109) is a suburb of Adelaide, North & North East Suburbs, South Australia. It is about 16 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Salisbury East is in the federal electorate of Makin.

In the 2011 census the population of Salisbury East was 8,848 and is comprised of approximately 51.4% females and 48.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Salisbury East is 39 years of age.

67.7% of people living in the suburb of Salisbury East were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 12.0% England, 1.5% Scotland, 1.4% Italy, 0.9% Vietnam, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% India, 0.6% Croatia, 0.5% Philippines, 0.5% Greece, 0.4% China , 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Malta.

83.4% of people living in Salisbury East speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Italian, 1.4% Other, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.0% Greek, 0.8% Arabic, 0.7% Croatian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Salisbury East is 27.0% No religion, 18.5% Catholic, 14.6% Anglican, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.4% Uniting Church, 3.3% Lutheran, 3.3% Christian, nfd, 2.4% Eastern Orthodox, 2.4% Baptist, 2.0% Pentecostal.

45.6% of people are married, 33.5% have never married and 10.0% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 537 widowed people living in Salisbury East.

57.0% of the people living in Salisbury East over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.1% are working on a part time basis. Salisbury East has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Salisbury East are 17.4% Technicians & trades workers, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.4% Labourers, 11.7% Community & personal service workers, 11.1% Professionals, 10.9% Sales workers, 9.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.1% Managers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Salisbury East work in are 15.4% Manufacturing, 13.0% Retail trade, 12.5% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Construction, 7.3% Public administration and safety, 5.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Education and training, 5.6% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Other services.

33.0% of homes are fully owned, and 37.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $466 per week and the median household income is $919 per week.

The median rent in Salisbury East is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Salisbury East postcode 5109